There was a hint of a smile in Christian’s voice as he said, “We’ve met before. I’m Joshua’s nephew.“

Shannon sneaked a look at the man next to her, who at this moment had an expression as cold as ice. “Um, where’s Luna?“

“She’s in the shower,“ Christian replied impassively, “if you have anything to tell her, you can just say it to me.“

The atmosphere in the office seemed to drop a few degrees colder.

Shannon felt her breath catch in her throat. “Well…I wanted to bring a friend to the party tonight, but I wanted to ask Luna’s permission first.“

“Of course you can.“ Christian furrowed his brows. “ By all means, bring an extra guest if you’d like. I ‘ll let her know when she comes out of the shower.“

Shannon nodded. “Alright, then…thank you! “

With that, she quickly hung up, afraid that Joshua would toss the phone out the window in anger.

“President Lynch…“

The atmosphere in the office was so cold that Shannon felt she would freeze over at any moment. She stood up timidly and said, “I ‘ll…I’ll be off now.“

out of the room without even waiting for Joshua’s

on his chair, his gaze

Christian…

Blue Bay Villa.

came out of the shower, Christian was already in the kitchen, preparing

kitchen by Christian. “Don’t come in and

shouldn’t be in dangerous places like this. Go off and

little, that doesn’t make you better than us! You’re already nineteen! Neil is only six, but he’s

not knowing

gently stroked Nellie’s hair. “Alright, alright. It’s such a jolly occasion

Neil up bad

was standing on the stairs, watched the determined look on

help but feel comforted.

saw how sure Nigel and Nellie were that Neil was still alive,

she would tell them the truth about Neil, and all of them would work together to

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